UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach,” to conservation that puts human rights and indigenous peoples at the heart of conservation. As conservationists and global leaders prepare to meet in Marseille, France, for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress from September 3-11, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights… Continue reading “Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit
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If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!
Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava The Covid pandemic has aggravated the hunger crisis in the world. Conflicts, climate change and economic downturn had already been increasing the number of acutely food-insecure people in the world over the past four years. In 2019, according to estimates published in the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2020),… Continue reading If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!
Brazilian experts warn of uncontacted tribes “genocide” after sacking of government coordinator
Top Brazilian experts have released a damning statement warning “genocide is underway” against uncontacted tribes. The warning follows the sacking of Bruno Pereira, the head of the government department charged with the protection of uncontacted tribes’ lands. The experts are “extremely worried” that Pereira has been sacked “for no apparent technical reason”, and that his dismissal “represents… Continue reading Brazilian experts warn of uncontacted tribes “genocide” after sacking of government coordinator
Calls for Police Protection for Uncontacted Tribe
Survival has launched an emergency action, “4 weeks for the Kawahiva”, to encourage Brazil’s government to map out their land and prevent their genocide before Jair Bolsonaro becomes President on 1 January.
Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe
A measles epidemic has hit an isolated Amazon tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border which has very little immunity to the disease. The devastating outbreak has the potential to kill hundreds of tribespeople unless emergency action is taken. The Yanomami communities where the outbreak has occurred are some of the most isolated in the Amazon. But thousands of gold… Continue reading Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe
Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge
Peru is to create two Amazonian reserves for the protection of uncontacted tribes, covering more than 2.5 million hectares. At least seven distinct groups of uncontacted tribes, including Matsés Indians, are known to be living in the areas comprising the new Yavari Tapiche and Yavari Mirin reserves in Peru’s NE Amazon state of Loreto. The… Continue reading Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge
Goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians in Brazil
Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal goldminers in a remote Amazon river have massacred “more than ten” members of an uncontacted tribe. If confirmed, this means up to a fifth of the entire tribe have been wiped out. Two goldminers have been arrested. The killings allegedly took place last month along… Continue reading Goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians in Brazil
Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered
The last female speaker of the Resígaro language has been murdered in Peru. Her body was found decapitated at her home in the Amazon rainforest. Rosa Andrade, 67, lived with the Ocaina tribe. Her father was Ocaina and her mother Resígaro. The Ocaina and Resígaro tribes were victims of the rubber boom, which began at… Continue reading Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered
Paraguay Government defies order to protect un-contacted tribe
The Paraguayan government has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February of this year. Six months ago the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demanded that the government stop the deforestation of the Chaco, which suffers the highest rate of deforestation in the… Continue reading Paraguay Government defies order to protect un-contacted tribe
Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest in the world. The rate of self-inflicted deaths within the tribe is 34 times the Brazilian national average, and statistically the highest among any society anywhere on earth. Suicide rates among… Continue reading Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
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